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Overclocked Radeon Card Breaks 1 GHz

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the stable-overclocking-unstable-overclockers dept.

dacaldar writes "According to Yahoo Finance, noted Finnish over-clockers Sampsa Kurri and Ville Suvanto have made world history by over-clocking a graphics processor to engine clock levels above 1 GHz. The record was set on the recently-announced Radeon® X1800 XT graphics processor from ATI Technologies Inc."

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  1. One wonders... by kko · · Score: 5, Interesting

    why this announcement would come out on Yahoo! Finance

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    No, seriously, I just come here for the articles.
  2. It was 2D mode only by anttik · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Sampsa Kurri told in a Finnish forum that it was over 1 GHz only in 2D mode. They are trying to run it with same clocks later. ATI left some tiny details away from their press release... ;P